Entertainment
March/April Gasparilla Island Mag available now
March 13, 2025
The March/April edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out now with new feature stories, recipes and shopping.
Featured stories include a mysterious Gilded-Age death in Punta…
Bridge Club and Eagle Grille
March 13, 2025
The bridge club members are playing their cards right at Eagle Grille every Monday at 1 p.m. To join in, register at bgdbc.org. Thanks to Eagle Grille and their crew for hosting this event in our co…
Royal Palm Players deal with crazy clients in Craving for Travel
March 6, 2025
BY BOOTS TOOLSDORF
A cast of familiar faces and more than a handful of new faces to the Royal Palm Players’ family will delight you in laughs as the reading Craving for Travel is presented in the…
Tamar Gendler, Yale dean, explores ancient secrets, new insights
March 6, 2025
Unlock the secrets to a more fulfilling life with Tamar Gendler, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Yale University, as she presents “Ancient Secrets to Modern Happiness” on Wednesday, Marc…
Fust Library Foundation holds discussion on book publishing on March 13
March 6, 2025
Have you ever thought of publishing a book? Perhaps your memoir, or the story of your family. Maybe there is a time in world history that you’ve always wanted to research and write about, or there’s…
Fire Department to host second annual Putting Around Boca Grande
March 6, 2025
Benefits new equipment
The Boca Grande Fire Department is once again holding its Putting Around Boca Grande open house on April 5. The Fire Department is raising money to replenish trucks, equipm…
Big Mouth Chili Challenge March 15
March 6, 2025
The first annual Big Mouth Chili Challenge, hosted by the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 15.
The cookoff, which will be held at 4th S…
Economic Summit talks U.S. debt, China relationships and Europe’s failures
February 27, 2025
Many technology features of the Jetsons’ era are now a reality; talk on March 6
Are you concerned about artificial intelligence? Does the United States’ growing debt wake you at 3 a.m.? Do you wo…
Boca Grande’s Got Talent set for March 29
February 27, 2025
Tickets for the Boca Grande’s Got Talent show, sponsored by the Boca Grande Woman’s Club, are available now. The cost is $20 and proceeds will go directly to support BGWC community grants and schola…
Tokyo Cowboy wins Boca Grande Film Fest
February 27, 2025
The 2025 Boca Grande Film Festival has announced its winners, with “Tokyo Cowboy” taking the festival’s highest award. The acclaimed film, which previously won accolades at the Tallgrass, Boston, Se…